Hon’ble Naheed Ara Moonis, J.—Heard learned counsel for the applicant, the learned AGA for the State and perused the record.

The instant application has been filed invoking the inherent power of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash the proceeding pursuant to the summoning order dated 19.2.2016 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Shikohabad, District Firozabad in Complaint Case No. 1812 of 2015 (Dushyant Kumar Yadav, Director A.L.P. Milk Foods (Pvt) Limited v. Manish Singhal) under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act (hereinafter referred as “Act”), P.S. Shikohabad, District Firozabad.

2. The factual matrix of the case in short conspectus is that the opposite party No. 2 filed a complaint on 18.8.2015 before the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Shikohabad, District Firozabad which was registered as Complaint Case No. 1812 of 2015, under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act contending therein that the complainant-opposite party No. 2 had supplied milk food product worth of Rs. 7,98000/- to the applicant’s Firm M/s Chiya Riya Traders, Saharanpur and in discharge of payment of liability issued three cheques bearing